Patchy reconnection and evolution of multiple plasmoids in the Earth's magnetotail: Effects on near-Earth current system

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A11, 1999, Pages 25011-25020

  Rastatter L ^a   Hesse, M ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 19844377659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900375     Document Type: Article

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